Believe Him

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." This scripture is arguably the most famous scripture in the whole Bible. It has a huge emphasis on believing. David A. Bednar, in a recent talk, gave some great insights on the word believe. He asks, "Is it possible to exercise faith in Him, follow Him, serve Him, but not believe Him? He then states, "I am acquainted with Church members who accept as true the doctrines and principles contained in the scriptures... And yet they have a hard time believing those gospel truths apply specifically in their lives and to their circumstances."

This is a common thing, and is something that I have bee thinking about a lot lately. Why is it so hard to apply the Gospel to ourselves? When others have different problems and they come to us for help, it is easy for us to know what they need to do. But it is easy to doubt that it will actually work for ourselves. I believe that a big reason for this is because it requires humility to believe Him. The things that God asks us to do are hard and  they often require us to swallow our pride. As long as we believe that we can do everything or almost everything ourselves, we won't rely on God and we won't truly believe Him and his promises. I hope that he can all humble ourselves and believe Him.